Miss Virginia Teen USA
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| Formation | 1983 |
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| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | Richmond |
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Membership | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
Key people | Kimberly Nicewonder-Johnson, Executive Director |
| Website | Official website |
The Miss Virginia Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Virginia in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
Virginia is one of the more successful states at Miss Teen USA, and is placed in the top twenty in terms of number and value of placements [1]. Their most successful decade was the 1980s.
No Miss Virginia Teen USA has won the Miss Teen USA crown, but their highest placement came in the first year of competition, when Tina Marrocco placed 1st runner-up to Ruth Zakarian of New York.
Virginia ties the record for the most Teens to cross over to win the Miss Virginia USA title and compete at Miss USA with ten in all, two others have later been crowned in other states, Indiana and North Carolina. One of these is Kristi Lauren Glakas, a Triple Crown winner who competed at Miss USA 2004 and placed 3rd runner-up at Miss America 2006.
The current titleholder is Ashley Wang, who was crowned on April 30 2023 at Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas and placed top 20 at Miss Teen USA 2023. Wang is the state's first Chinese American titleholder.[1]
Results summary[edit]
Placements[edit]
- 1st runners-up: Tina Marrocco (1983)
- 3rd runners-up: Angela Thigpin (1986), Samantha Casey (2006)
- Top 5: Misty Horn (1998)
- Top 10: Kimberly Grigsby (1997), Kristi Lauren Glakas (1999), Tori Hall (2005), Emily Bruce (2007)
- Top 12: Andrea Ballengee (1992)
- Top 15: Megan Myrehn (2008), Jacqueline Carroll (2010)
- Top 20: Ashley Wang (2023)
Virginia holds a record of 12 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Winners[edit]
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
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| 2024 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||
| 2023 | Ashley Wang | Herndon | 16 | Top 20 | First Chinese American Miss Virginia Teen USA[2] | |
| 2022 | Hannah Grau | Fredericksburg | 17 | |||
| 2021 | Alyssa Mawyer | Broadway | 18 | Previously Miss High School America 2019 | ||
| 2020 | Amya Caldwell | Ashburn | 16 | |||
| 2019 | Morgan Duty | Lebanon | 16 | |||
| 2018 | Himanvi Panidepu | Centreville | 17 | First Asian American and first Indian American Miss Virginia Teen USA | ||
| 2017 | Madison Walker | Virginia Beach | 16 | |||
| 2016 | Gracyn Blackmore | Bristol | 16 | |||
| 2015 | Annie Kutyna | Herndon | 15 | |||
| 2014 | Olivia Fletcher | Louisa | 16 | |||
| 2013 | Caelynn Miller-Keyes | Fredericksburg | 17 | Later Miss North Carolina USA 2018 and first runner up at Miss USA 2018. Contestant on season 23 of The Bachelor and season 6 of Bachelor in Paradise | ||
| 2012 | Elizabeth Coakley | Abingdon | 17 | |||
| 2011 | Susie Evans | Poquoson | 17 | Later Miss Virginia USA 2020 Winner of season 26 of The Bachelor | ||
| 2010 | Jacqueline Carroll | Stanardsville | 16 | Top 15 | Later Miss Virginia USA 2017 | |
| 2009 | Maggie Lawson | Bristol | 18 | |||
| 2008 | Megan Myrehn | Catharpin | 18 | Top 15 | Later Miss Indiana USA 2012 | |
| 2007 | Emily Bruce | Lynchburg | 17 | Top 10 | ||
| 2006 | Samantha Casey | Jeffersonton | 17 | 3rd runner-up | Later Miss Virginia USA 2010 and second runner up at Miss USA 2010 | |
| 2005 | Tori Hall | Midlothian | 18 | Top 10 | Later Miss Virginia USA 2008
Cast member on Road Rules 2007: Viewers' Revenge | |
| 2004 | Mally Gent | Honaker | 18 | |||
| 2003 | Amber Copley | Abingdon | 18 | Later Miss Virginia USA 2006 | ||
| 2002 | Lauren Barnette | Wise
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Later Miss Virginia USA 2007, top 10 at Miss USA 2007,
Model on NBC's Deal or No Deal | ||
| 2001 | Stephanie Card | Staunton | 16 | |||
| 2000 | Jennifer Hawkins | Lynchburg | 17 | |||
| 1999 | Kristi Lauren Glakas | Centreville | 18 | Semi-finalist | Triple Crown winner, Later Miss Virginia USA 2004 and Miss Virginia 2005, 3rd runner up to Miss America 2006 | |
| 1998 | Misty Horn | Richlands | 18 | Top 5 | ||
| 1997 | Kimberly Grigsby | Richmond | 18 | Semi-finalist | ||
| 1996 | Kandy Marshall | Richmond | 16 | |||
| 1995 | Kristel Jenkins | Vinton | 17 | Later Miss Virginia USA 2001 | ||
| 1994 | Kristen Wilson | Richmond | 15 | |||
| 1993 | Heather Anderson | Richmond | 17 | |||
| 1992 | Andrea Ballengee | Richmond | 19 | Semi-finalist | Crowned Miss Virginia 1995 but was disqualified when it was discovered that she had embellished her academic record;[3][4] later Mrs California 2006 and Mrs America 2006 (top ten at Mrs World 2006) married name Andrea Preuss. | |
| 1991 | Linda Overhue | Richmond | 16 | |||
| 1990 | Yoranda Harris | Richmond | 19 | |||
| 1989 | Stephanie Satterfield | Virginia Beach | 15 | Later Miss Virginia USA 1993 | ||
| 1988 | Audra Wilks | Richmond | 15 | Later Miss Virginia USA 1997 | ||
| 1987 | Kristi Pearce | Colonial Heights | 15 | |||
| 1986 | Angela Thigpin | Fort Smith | 15 | 3rd runner-up | ||
| 1985 | Alice Robinson | Richmond | 17 | |||
| 1984 | Shannon Lea Rundle | Poquoson | 16 | |||
| 1983 | Tina Marrocco | McLean | 16 | 1st runner-up |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
References[edit]
- ^ "Herndon student crowned Miss Virginia Teen USA". wusa9.com. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ "Oakton High Student Is First East Asian to Win Miss Virginia Teen USA". NBC4. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ "New Miss Virginia to Keep Crown". Charleston Daily Mail. 1995-07-07.
- ^ Reed, David (2007-07-20). "Pageant Organizers Strip Miss Virginia of Crown". Associated Press.